I have no idea how she'll do here. Here's hoping for an easy group.
No don't go there. Not with the Rena fans lurking around.Just you watch. Serena will step on some glass, Vika will get dizzy, and Maria will still find a way to lose to Radwanska in the final. :lol:
this!I think Maria will get drawn Serena in her group, but I don't really mind. I mean, it's better to face her in the RR than in the SF and get a beatdown or something? I mean, In 2012 Martha is 1-7 vs fellow Top-4 players and 9-1 vs the four other YEC participants. So realistically I'd rather her face Serena in the RR, so she doesn't face her in the SF? (Of course assuming Serena makes it to the SF)
She's not gonna do that, she's not that desperate. It's better for her to rest up and be ready for YEC.Masha should take WC for Kremlin Cup, because after this Final will be hard to get mentally ready for YEC. And Masha has lack of game practice vs decent players
i don't really mind that tbh? she can handle petra and li, and it'd be good to get rena out of the way early :shrug:Can you imagine if one group ends up being Maria/Serena/Petra/Li and the other Vika/Aga/Kerber/Errani.
NID.Can you imagine if one group ends up being Maria/Serena/Petra/Li and the other Vika/Aga/Kerber/Errani.
That's exactly what I think, and I also think that Thomas is prepared enough to see that and after all the work they put in to win on clay, they will do the same thing about hardcourts for 2013, at least I hope so.I like that Thomas has introduced more margin for the benefit of Claypova's emergence. But I take issue in Maria playing too conservatively on hardcourts and carrying that form over, where she can't defend as well, and doesn't have the luxury of time as with clay. Once she realised the superior players will not tolerate her topspin up the middle of the court shots, she'll go into her frantic maniac ballbashing mode again.
Agree! Drive volley used to be one of Maria's best assets and now she barely uses it, and when she does it's a disasterThe one thing I have a MAJOR issue with is that Joyce was always talking about moving forwards and ending the points on the swinging volley but under Thomas I feel there's been a real decline in that area.
So true! Moreover, there's no net game. She doesn't attack the net anymore. She just plants her feet on the baseline and stays there. One more thing: after every serve she lands two metres inside the baseline.. how can you possibly hit Vika's deep ROS back if it always gets past you?I like that Thomas has introduced more margin for the benefit of Claypova's emergence. But I take issue in Maria playing too conservatively on hardcourts and carrying that form over, where she can't defend as well, and doesn't have the luxury of time as with clay. Once she realised the superior players will not tolerate her topspin up the middle of the court shots, she'll go into her frantic maniac ballbashing mode again.
it's time we stopped requiring Semis or Finals from Masha.... She has plenty of them this year....Svetlio, bish, get your ass on here and start making a thread again! You know, you have two tournament-winning streak going
Anyway, just to refresh memory
Make a SF at least please
This.WTA Championships 2012 iStanbul Mission: Win the title by not facing Rena/Vika
WOAT title?
What happened to beat the best to be the best?